How in the world is it already mid-August?! I really have no idea where August went but I am getting really excited that my NYC trip is coming up soon (Labour Day weekend to be exact). I haven’t been to NYC in about 15 years so this trip has been a long time coming. Summer is in it’s peak weather wise here in Toronto and it has been hot and humid leaving me to take multiple showers throughout the day just to try and keep cool. Now that I have been experimenting with these chocolate coconut popsicles though, I can now keep cool without using too much water, I don’t know why I waited so long to make my own popsicles?

How would you love to wake up to a strawberry nice cream bowl for breakfast?

It may seem like a crazy thing to wake up to, but in the summer, when it’s hot out, I can’t think of anything better than this strawberry nice cream bowl to wake up to. You can also make this into more of a smoothie by thinning it out or not using completely frozen bananas, either way, it’s delicious. By adding some fat and fibre to this type of fruit-centric smoothie, you also help to release the sugars from the fruit more slowly, so your blood sugar wont spike too quickly. I happened to use not-so-frozen bananas so that is why this looks more like a thick smoothie than nice cream, but if you use completely frozen bananas, it will come out a lot thicker. Also, if it is not the consistency you want at first, you can put it back in the freezer to thicken.

So long before I became a holistic nutritionist, I was quite the ice cream cake enthusiast. In fact, it was tradition for family get-togethers and birthdays to have ice cream cake for almost any and every occasion. It was usually from Dairy Queen, and my favourite part was that fudgy cookie part in the middle and I would always save that part for last. Well, since I no longer partake in too many dairy options, I thought it was time to make a dairy free alternative that would rival my old favourite. Naturally, it had to be low in sugar, healthy and ultimately delicious. There was only one way I would know if people could dig this banana ice cream (outside of my nutritionist friends who are familiar with this technique of making ice cream), so I made it for Easter last year and everyone loved it! Real food and vegan ice cream cake for the win!!

About me

Hello gorgeous! Thank you for stopping by. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Jaclyn and I am a Holistic Nutritionist. I work with women who are tired of yo-yo dieting and want to break free from diet culture and join the Holistic Foodie transformation. Here you will discover that food is more than just calories and you, my dear, are capable of amazing things. Be warned- I like avocados… a lot! If you want to learn more about me and my journey, head over to my about me section. Read More…